I often take part in the wordpress weekly photo challenge but sometimes I just don’t feel moved. Claudette whose lovely blog is titled ‘To Search and To Find’ with the strapline ‘happiness in every day’ writes beautiful words and takes wonderful photographs and decided to invent something called Emotography and post an example every week. I commented that it is a delightful idea (whilst also commenting on the beauty and pathos of the first example titled ‘Forlorn’) and she said that she would like other’s to get involved. So I am and I hope you will too. Just post a picture and write about the emotion it conjures in you and link it to Claudette’s site. I’m certain that many of you who I interact with would enjoy this, get value and give value by participating. There are no rules, you don’t have to commit to every week, just when the mood takes you, share. It feels rather good to me.
So to mine … this is a picture taken the day after my daughter’s wedding last August when she and her friends were having a recovery party and my husband and I opted out and went instead to Stourhead just down the road from the venue for a recuperative walk. Stourhead was one of my father’s favourite places – he loved the trees, loved trees in general (I wrote about his love once before, just here) and he was amused by the temples which you can see one of across the water. For me, I just love the water and the reflection and the clouds, those very English clouds and the whole thing evokes nostalgia for England, for summer and mostly for my dad who loved the place – so I give you my first Emotograph ‘Nostalgia’ …
PS: In the week of David Bowies untimely passing, I’ve pinched his words for my title. When speaking of stardom he said ‘I’m an instant star – just add water and stir’. Let loose from his last illness I hope he’s kicking some stardust in Heaven. With my dad.